According to a report posted by Gran Turismo blog GTPlanet, SCEE exec James Armstrong has revealed that Gran Turismo 5 will be launching across Europe next Christmas.

Speaking to Spanish newspaper El Financiero, the translated quote reads:

“For next year, the chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment for southern Europe said that they are developing a new game thriller (Heavy Rain), in which the player may be designing their own history, and the new version of Gran Turismo, which will arrive at Christmas.”

Sounds reasonable to us, and with last week’s rumours of other PlayStation titles that may be releasing next year, it looks like Christmas 2009 might very well belong to Sony.

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